Upholstering device.



witness B. E. KIPP. UPHOLSTERING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAYE, 1909.

953,470; Patented Mar.'29,1910.

SSHEETS-SHEET 1.

B, E. KIPP. UPHOLSTERING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 5, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 B. E. KIPP. UPHOLSTERING DEVICE. 'APPLIOATION FILED mm, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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thereto in any suitable manner a cushion 25 which comprises sides having thcrebetween the stnlling or filling 27.

designates the cover which is constructed of leather or any other suitable material.

The operation of my novel device can now be readily understood and is tollowss The cushion 9. 7 secured to the seat Qiby any suitable :t'asteningg devices. The cover of leather or other material 98 is then placed on top of the support t and the strips 7, R, 9 and 10 are then placed in position so that the dowels 11 carried thereby will enter the apertures 7; and the pins 12 carried thereby, passing through the cover 98 and enter .10 apertures (i in the support lthereby fixedly securing the leather or other covering material 28 to the support l. The seat 2% then inverted, as indicated in Fig. 9, and placed on the cover 28. The presser head is then lowered by means oi the. net nat ing handle 19 into contact with the seat 2 1 and as the same moves downwm'dly it causes the leather or covering material to be stretched, as will he ui'iderstood from Fig. 12. The strips T, 9 and it) are then removed and as one side s sip removed the cover 28 is deflected over the seat 24: and cured thereto by means of suitable fastening After the side strips '4', 8, t) and 10 are removed the handle it is actuated to raise the press-er head 20 so that the seat in its finished condition may he removed from the upholsterine device.

As the members 16 are independent of eaeh other, provided with the beveled faces 17', and yicldingly supported by means of the springs 15, any irregularity in the tension of the material Will be taken care of so that the leather or other covering 28 will be stretched in an even manner over the seat.

By the employment: of my novel device the upholsterinr of articles as chair seats or equivalent constructions may he very rapidly and eeonomimilly carried out and the proper tension given to the cover so that the cover may be secured to the seat in such a manner as to present a neat and artistic ported appearance.

By mounting the head so that the same is non-rotatable a direct thrust is obtained on the seat when the presser head 90 lowered so that there is no danger of the seat being twisted or historic-(l from its position during cover thereto.

it. will now he a n'iarent, that l have devised av new and ful construction of an upholsteriug dc? hich embodies the features of advan. enumerated as desirable in the oi invention. and the foregoing dc c1 -ption and whiic I have instance own and described nu-cm; thereof, which in l to give ad.

vantageous results, it is to be understood that: the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what .i claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent,

t. In a device of the character described, a support. means for temporarily securing the outer portions of a cover thereto, an inner support comprising a plurality of members independently and yieldingly mounted, and means for pressing the article to he upholstered and the cover against saidinner support". I

in a device ot the character described, a support". suit-ably mounted and having pin receiving apertures and dowel receiving apertures in its upper face, a plurality of strips having dowels and pins carried thereby, said dowels being adapted to enter the dowel apertures of the support, said pins being; adapted to pass through a cover and enter the pin receiving apertures in said support and retain the cover in position, and a press head nn'wvably mounted above said support. 7

3. in a device of the character described, a frame, a table thereon, an outer support; carried by said table, means for securing a cover to saidv outer support, an inner sup port comprising a plurality of members independently and yieldingly mounted within said outer support, and a press head nonrot: tably and movably mounted above said inner support.

in a device of the character described, table, a support thereon having a series of apertures therein, a plurality of strips adapted to be seated on said support, dowels carried by said strips and engaging one of the rows of apertures, pins carried by said strips for engaging the other row of apertures, said pins passing through a cover to retain the latter in position, a plurality of strips within said support, yielding means for s sporting said strips, a press head supabove said table, and actuating means for said press head.

5. In a device of the character described, a frame, a tabiethereon, an outer support on said table, means for temporarily securing the edg s of a. cover t; iercto, a plurality of bars independently and movably m0nnted within. said support, tension devices for said bars, a presshead movably mounted above said bars, and actuating means for said bars.

'6. In a device of the character-described, a frame, an outer support carried thereby, means for temporarily securing the edges of cover thereto, a plurality of bars within su 'iportz and provided with inclined faces, 3. plurality of springs for sup upper poi-ling sum Hie letter in the oosition said boom, 1" i119 article 13 pressed theremew; keno of! cover is ein permw 1:11 a define .i 10; Ti o the article.

a suppn-t :11: for oistering device, means for pornl'iiy so :i o'riing the outer portion. of

to, a pm .v I y 1 i' pressing the article to iho 'ug'm. l 1 i i net Hie cover and indeh TQOLiRLQii sugpori's 1 edge oi the (rover no mtei: portions;

mg; device, {L support, securing a cover *ing the article to be support and a plu- J; members yieldingly 119' only with the outer portion of the cover to vi1 irespect to the article secured nez 1' the outer 11g the securing of bolstering device, a support, or iiy seeming a cover to for pressing the article against the cover to and independent and sepal'iovving ineh ed contact faces,

the cover in its stretched wet ie the iiicicle being of said. members being fly off the other mem- E. .KKPP.

nernmnentl secured mounted for clamping only 

